Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Adm. Mike Mullen and Pakistani Army Chief Gen. Ashfaq Parvez Kayani. Photo Credit: Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of StaffPakistani, US Spies Are at Odds Over Operations -- Voice of America
The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and Pakistan's Interservices Intelligence directorate (ISI) have had an up-and-down relationship over the years.
Current ties between the two countries' spy agencies, however, seem to have hit a particularly rough patch. There are bitter disputes over the ISI's alleged support for Islamist militant groups, and the CIA's operations in Pakistan against some of those same groups.
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